Angels of Light
Children's Foundation

We were absolutely delighted to welcome author Terri Allen to Lockhurst for a series of six engaging author readings with our students in grades K–5. Terri shared her beautifully written books, My Magical Garden and My Magical Tree, both of which gently guide children in understanding and managing their feelings through mindfulness and imagination.

Terri’s calm, encouraging presence made a lasting impact. Our students were captivated by her and connected with the messages of emotional awareness and inner peace.

It was a truly fantastic experience—not only enjoyable but meaningful. Terri Allen’s visit sparked important conversations in our classrooms and gave students tools they can use in their everyday lives. We would welcome her back to Lockhurst anytime!

I am such a fan of Terri’s Award-Winning Mindfulness Books, as a parent I had never seen a book like this on the market until now. I read it with my son and it allowed for his own imagination and his own feelings to take precedence and both books take you on a journey that is the reader’s choice and a chooses your own adventure.

I am constantly amazed every time we read them at the intentionality and the kindness and the peace and thought that goes into all of the options in the story as it unfolds and of course as a parent the index in the back is very helpful on how my son is feeling. You can play along with your child as they are reading, it’s a gentle way to teach children mindfulness, imagination, creativity and empathy.  Both books appeal to different ages as my son is older than my daughter but we still get to read the books together as a family. Terri you have created and written two very special books.

We had a remarkable mindfulness Teachers session here at our school with Terri Allen from Angels of Light Foundation.

As teachers, our days go by so fast and there’s not much time to take a moment just to sit and literally do nothing and relax and tap into ourselves.

Mindfulness is so important and I know I am lucky that I work in nature but this session inspires the teachers to bring their students out to the farm here at our school on a daily basis. This session helped remind the teachers of the importance of mindful breaks and being in nature for them to relax and recharge. Terri guided us through unique mindful techniques, loving kindness discussions, followed by a magical meditation.

The importance of mindfulness through nature education is that children sit in a classroom a lot and often only have a small amount of time outside. It’s so important for them to be outside as it increases their self-regulation and provides them with an opportunity as an educator or parent to connect with the children in a different way.

Children can observe, notice and experience the world around us in a different way than we usually do, these mindfulness through nature educational sessions Terri brings to our school throughout the year are so very important and makes a huge difference in all of our lives.

Terri Allen Founder of Angels of Light Children’s Foundation are amazing!  Terri came to Our Lady of Malibu and did a fantastic job of helping our school and students grow academically and personally, through the use and practice of Mindfulness.  She provided their Award-Winning Books, ” My Magical Garden & My Magical Tree”, to both my staff and my students. She then trained my staff in the use of the books and curriculum and provided personal sessions with each class in our school.  Our students learned and experienced different strategies of how to use mindfulness and social emotional learning to keep themselves grounded and focused at school and home.   We so appreciate Terri and her expertise and willingness to share.  We recommend her to schools and organizations to help students and staff to succeed in our fast-paced environment!

Terri donated her time here at Agape for the past year bringing her mindfulness books and resources to our Youth and Family of Agape International.

This year I took both books and programs with me to Mindvalley University in Croatia as a part of my 4 weeks teachings there at the Mind Valley children’s summer camp. Both books helped the children to unleash their imagination and one of my goals is when I teach is to draw out and that is the meaning of education, both books did just that and more. I found their imaginations soared and that’s what these great books are all about to give them licence to create and join in with all nature. The session where very engaging, fun and interactive experience especially outside in nature. It helped them to see it was more than just a tree, a brook or a pond they get to see theirs much more then grass and clouds and they get a chance to partnership with all of Nature, how to take care of nature and to pay attention to what’s around them. Both books and programs are powerful and unique tools for educators, children, parents and schools as they help the child develop a better understanding of themselves and others and it takes them on a journey of big self-discovery.

The Mindful Garden Books and program are unique tools that help build bridges for our children to a brighter, mindful future of conscious living.  Both books and program are a supportive tool, solidifying the link between school and home learning. Fits in perfectly with our 360 Disposition Program for the children. Terri also conducted a Mindfulness Training Session with our teachers. I also purchased books for each of my classrooms for them to use on a daily basis with the children.

The children really tapped into their imaginations using My Magical Tree Book and where able to create a place for themselves that they can go to in their imagination and mindfulness. The children showed me their different traits and opened up to what’s going on in their daily lives from your mindfulness session.

After the children come back from lunch or they’ve had an issue on the playground, I say to them let’s talk about your magical garden or magical tree and let’s talk about what’s going on in your mind and go to that placed here they can feel safe and secure it’s a place where they can always go where they can ground themselves connect to themselves and connect to each other just to take that moment to be mindful. Both books have been amazing tools within our classrooms.

It was a pure joy having Terri Allen visit our school campus brining their mindfulness books and social emotional programs through nature across all of our schools.

The staff training was such a wonderful experience giving us your insightful tools to use within our classrooms has been very grounding for the students and changed the whole mood of our students.

There has been a lot of anxiety and anxiousness with our students and your programs have had a positive impact on each classrooms and teacher. We have been taking he children our daily in nature for mindful walking and we have really noticed a difference in our students, they are much more focused and grounded.

Your mindfulness programs and books have made such a different to our entire school and brining the parents on board to work as an entire community only works when we have this relationship with our parents and a home to school connection around social emotional learning through mindfulness and the wellbeing of our children.

Angles of Light Children’s Foundation served as a healing and centering space for our 6th-8th grade students at Paul Revere Charter Middle School. Terri Allen and her team are well versed in facilitating engaging and creative spaces for students and teachers.

Angels of Light Foundation is a perfect program for any school or group looking to explore their inner world through the scope of mindfulness and mindfulness through nature.

“Terri is amazing at what she does. She has a passion for nature and mindfulness and how the 2 can be used together to enhance overall wellbeing. She is engaging and kind, and her mindfulness sessions are enjoyable for students and adults alike. Thank you Terri!”

Wonderful visit by Terri Allen, conducting a mindfulness authors visit and workshops with our students and staff. It offered insightful support and helped us to connect deeper with our students and their ability to be safe and express themselves openly with the classroom. I loved the books so much that I bought all my teachers aa book and a set of books for each classroom for them to use on a daily basis.

“As a single Mom I was looking for a tool to connect with my daughter. She is 12 and I wanted to ensure we have a strong communication and a solid relationship into the future. Both books are truly magical…when my daughter is having a tough day and doesn’t know what she actually needs she asks me to pause and do the books with her. It allows us to pause and check-in to what is really needed. The beauty of this tool is – it allows children to learn the skill of mindfulness early on. I am excited to watch my daughter’s beautiful life unfold and I feel so much more peace knowing she has the tools of this program to help guide and remind her to turn within. Terri herself is a gifted teacher and does wonders working 1:1 with my daughter. I couldn’t be more grateful for this program and for Terri’s gift to share it with the world!!”  Thank you Terri for this wonderful gift!!!!

Terri has visited our school with both her award-winning books and programs over the past 6 months.  The mindful garden sessions where a great success with all of our students and teachers. We went on to purchase the Mindful Garden Program for our school and over the past 6mths we have noticed a

Big change within our students not just with their social emotional learning but also their creative writing and imagination. The children created their own booklets and art around their own mindful gardens, we used this across all of our classroom. It was a joy to work with Terri and her team.

Terri Allen visited to our school where she conducted an impactful and wonderful mindfulness visit with her award-winning book Magical Garden. Terri also held training with our staff on the Mindful Garden Program that we purchased for our school.  I think my favourite thing about this book is the fact that it is so child centred from the point of view that it helps them to address their emotions and the many things that can happen in our lives everyday lives by using characters and images throughout the book.

Exploring their emotions by just choosing a colour or a tree and it’s something that children can really understand it’s something concrete for them to be able to imagine and to use in their everyday life and that’s part of the book that I really enjoyed the fact that they are using the fundamentals of colors and

associating those colors with their emotions in creating their own garden, plus the appendix at the back of each to read about what’s going on emotionally it’s a powerful tool for any teacher. The teachers found these books a fantastic tool for them to use within the classroom, as they are dealing with very young children, it helped them identify how there where feeling and it was a wonderful tool for them to use on a daily basis to bring mindfulness into the classroom.

Terri conducted  the wellbeing workshops with the children using her Mindful Garde Program and Books.  It is very important for the children of our school to have a sense of wellbeing and Terri delivered just that. It helped the children with their creativity and  Social Emotional Learning, it gave them a place they could go to in their minds, to be able to be more relaxed and grounded. Our school purchased the Mindful Garden Program and books for our classrooms.

As a counsellor, I see and use many books but My Magical Garden and My Magical Tree Books are very unique and creative because other books tell you what to think, whereas these books give you the power and the motivation to think outside of the box and every choice a child makes it tells them emotionally where they are at on that day and for a counsellor this is a very insightful tool to have. The children really enjoyed Terri’s visit it was a lot of fun and it actually gave the children an insight into their friend’s feelings and allowed them to have more empathy and to think more differently.